Efforts pedal toward a bikeable Shreveport

3:42 PM,
Nov. 27, 2013

Written by

Michele Marcotte

Caddo Parish recently completed a 17-mile path north of Cross Lake, and cooperative efforts of city entities resulted in dozens of bike racks throughout downtown Shreveport. Those same entities now are working on additional efforts to make the area more walkable and bikeable. And they're not alone.

"There is more of an awareness in our culture right now about a new kind of quality of life that we're all after," A Better Shreveport Executive Director Loren Demerath said, referring to a healthy, active lifestyle that incorporates ...